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1961 Royal FP Serial # FPE-7283724 1961 Royal FP typewriter, Serial # FPE-7283724 James Grooms's 1961 Royal FP typewriter. 2025-01-03 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of James Grooms: 1961 Royal FP Serial # FPE-7283724 The cleanest 63 year old typewriter you are likely to ever find? I took a few pics of the start of the service routine. It's never been touched by a screwdriver. The how and why to how it appears to have never been used? The vibrator was hung up. There was no ribbon or spools in it. Possibly some ham fisted pull on the little arms that flip over to install the ribbon resulted in one of the arm's spring mech to flip over the other and it would not go back into place. A careful, but easy fix. That's my theory. So clean, I didn't even take the cover off or the ribbon guide/catchers out to clean the segment. Not one eraser bit or a spot of white out to be found. A 2 hr project!

1961 Royal FP #FPE-7283724

Status: My Collection
Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 07-24-2024 at 05:32PM
Last Edit: 01-03-2025 at 05:39PM

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The cleanest 63 year old typewriter you are likely to ever find? I took a few pics of the start of the service routine. It's never been touched by a screwdriver. The how and why to how it appears to have never been used? The vibrator was hung up. There was no ribbon or spools in it. Possibly some ham fisted pull on the little arms that flip over to install the ribbon resulted in one of the arm's spring mech to flip over the other and it would not go back into place. A careful, but easy fix. That's my theory. So clean, I didn't even take the cover off or the ribbon guide/catchers out to clean the segment. Not one eraser bit or a spot of white out to be found. A 2 hr project!

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As with many, the bug is back there somewhere due to an Underwood No. 5. My grandparents had a No 5. My parents had a yellow Royal Safari that I used to index card everything, including a beer can collection. Collection syndrome clue! A casual interest in typewriters started with a garage sale 3 bank simply because it said Underwood on it. Typewriters were found here and there , but I wasn't actively looking for them. The long dormant collecting tic was activated when my neighbors left a Remington Quiet Riter on the curb when they moved.

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